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2009 Federal Holidays
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Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the following public holidays for Federal employees.
Please note that most Federal employees work on a Monday through Friday schedule.
For these employees, when a holiday falls on a nonworkday -- Saturday or Sunday -- the holiday
usually is observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls
on Saturday).
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Thursday, January 1
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New Year’s Day
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Monday, January 19
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Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Monday, February 16
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Washington’s Birthday
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Monday, May 25
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Memorial Day
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Friday, July 3*
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Independence Day
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Monday, September 7
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Labor Day
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Monday, October 12
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Columbus Day
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Wednesday, November 11
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Veterans Day
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Thursday, November 26
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Thanksgiving Day
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Friday, December 25
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Christmas Day
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Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, falls on a Tuesday. An
employee who works in the District of Columbia, Montgomery or Prince George’s
Counties in Maryland, Arlington or Fairfax Counties in Virginia, or the cities
of Alexandria or Fairfax in Virginia, and who is regularly scheduled to perform
non-overtime work on Inauguration Day, is entitled to a holiday. There is no
in-lieu-of holiday for employees who are not regularly scheduled to work on
Inauguration Day.
* July 4, 2009 (the legal public holiday for Independence Day) falls on a Saturday.
For most Federal employees, Friday, July 3, 2009, will be treated as a holiday for pay
and leave purposes. (See 5 U.S.C. 6103(b).)
Federal
Holidays Home Page
Created 4 January 2001
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